MAX ERNST (1891-1976) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE... Lot n° 50

MAX ERNST (1891-1976) AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED to Christian ZERVOS. Circa 1939. 1 page 1/2 in-4 in ink. Autograph letter to Christian Zervos, director of the gallery and editor of the Cahiers d'Art in Paris. Addressed from Saint Marin d'Ardèche where he lived from 1938 to 1939 with Léonora Carrington. ...'Finally free (as we say finally alone)...I am anxious to see the N° of the Cahiers. But what to do about the paintings to be exhibited in the gallery of YVonne [Zervos]... ... could you inform me about the fate of the Drouin gallery. There were two of my paintings...Yvonne could take these paintings back to them (with a third by Carrington). My best regards and those of Leonora'. AUTOGRAPH LETTER to Christian ZERVOS, SIGNED, c.1939, 2pp. ink on paper, 4to. Autograph letter to Christian Zervos, director of the gallery and editor of Cahiers d'Art in Paris. Addressed from Saint Marin d'Ardèche where Ernst lived from 1938 to 1939 with Leonora Carrington. ...'Free at last (as they say alone at last)...I can't wait to see the N° of Cahiers. But what to do for the paintings to be exhibited in the gallery of YVonne [Zervos]... ... could you inform me about the fate of the Drouin gallery. There were two of my paintings...Yvonne could take these paintings back to them (with a third by Carrington). My best regards and those of Leonora'. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com